Oh where to start..

I've played Fable TLC two times and complete it both times on two different computers.
Now, some month later, I've tried to install Fable TLC on both my computers again. And as many others the game crash when trying to change ANY option. And at times even before you choose profile.

I've spent 2 days tring to correct this error, but haven't been sucssessful.

I've updated all my sound cards, all my graphic drivers and DirectX.
I've followed every support Lionhead and Microsoft have, nothing works.
Starting the game as admin didn't work, playing on another account had no better result.

Anyway, in my log is says that I have a Application Error each time Fable TLC crashes, no more info after that really.

After un- and re-installing the game 100 times(almost not a joke) there is no change. Removing the profiles have no effect either. Normal and safe mode have no effect.
Impossible to change any kind och option in the game.

And as said before, following any help from Microsoft haven't helped AT ALL.
On the other hand it made my computers worse. But they are back to normal now.
Even installed different kinds of ForceWare(that means beta versions etc, got blue screen several times)

So what I'm telling you is that I've tried everything there is to find about this problem and nothing works, and the strange thing that it is the same problem on both computers with such a different spec.

What I really want is to get a moderator to take notice and not make us users suffer. We can't always depend on each other.

My computers spec:
Computer name: Justice
    Vista 32bit
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
    DirectX 10
    Intel Core Duo CPU 2.00GHz
    RAM 2GB

Computer name: Destiny
    Windows XP Pro
    ATi x850
    DirectX 9.0c (Or later)
    AMD 2.80GHz
    RAM 3GB

It's a problem with third party Direct show codecs like K-lite. Same problem with the VistaCodecs pack. But it's easier to fix.

First of all, uninstall all third party codecpacks you may have on your machine and update to the newest version of VistaCodecs. It's the only one you'll need. Optionally you can keep Quicktime and Real.  (VLC is only local to it's own platform so that will have no effect on Fable.)

Delete you Fable profile, the entire folder. (my documents\my games\fable\saves\yourprofilename) Sorry, but your gonna have to start the game over.

Go to your windows start menu and find the "VistaCodecs\32bit Tools" folder.

Select the "Video decoder configuration" with the FFV icon.

Go to DirectShow control and select the Don't use ffdshow in check box. Then browse and select the Fable.exe program. This should disable the codec while Fable is running.

Now you can restart the game and it should be able to save and open the profile.

It worked for me.

Other things you should/could do:
- Update to the latest DirectX
- Update your Graphics card driver
- Update your Audio driver
- Set your regional settings to ENG (UK).